Sash holder and fastener.



NITED STATES PATENT OFFICE.

JOHN PENNIE, OF ALBANY, NEW YORK.

SASH HOLDERAND FASTENER.v

SPECIFICATION forming part of Letters Patent No. 638,882, dated December12, 1899.

Application filed July 3l, 1899. Serial No. 725,579. (No model.) v

To all wil/0711, it may concern.-

Be it known that I, JOHN PENNIE, a citizen of lthe United States,residing at Albany, in the county of Albany and State of New York, haveinvented certain new and useful Improvements in Sash Holders andSecurers; and I do hereby declare the following to be a full, clear, andexact description of the invention, such as will enable others skilledin the art to which it appertains to make and use the same.

My invent-ion relates to a device for sustaining a window-sash in itsraised position view in the adjustment required for sustaining the sash.Fig. 3 represents a detached perspective view of the device itself.

Similar letters of reference indicate similar parts throughout theseveral views.

Referring to the drawings, A indicates the upper sash, and I5 the lowersash, contained within a window-frame, the lower sash being adapted tobe raised or lowered, as usual, within the sash-grooves.

On either guide-strip a of the windowframe I may conveniently attach thedevice constituting my invention. As illustrated, the said deviceconsists of a leaf or plate b, provided with apertures c for thereception of woodscrews c, whereby said leaf may be attached to theguidestrip. To the leaf or plate bare hinged the auxiliary foldingleaves d d', adapted to fold upon hinge-joints, so as to be out of thepath of movement of the lower sash as the latter is being raised orlowered.

The device is attached to the gnidestrip atsuch an elevationthat whenthe sash is lowered the upper rail of the lower sash will clear theloweredge of the auxiliary leaf cl, whereupon by swinging said leaf-outover the sash-rail, as shown in Fig. l, the said lower sash is securedagainst being raised from without. On the other hand, when the lowersash is raised to its eXtreme height, so as to clear the upper edge ofthe lower auxiliary leaf d, the said sash may be held in its raisedposition, as shown in Fig. 2, by swinging said auxiliary leaf doutwardlybeneath the lower rail of the sash. These capabilities of thedevice will be fully apparent from the description herein given inconnection with the drawings.

Having thus described my invention, whatv A device for securing andsustaining windowsashes, consisting of a plate or .lea-f adapted to besecured to a guide-strip of the window frame, said plate or leaf havingauxiliary leaves hinged thereto, said auxiliary leaves being suitablyspaced apart and adapted respectively to be swung out over the upperrail of the lower sash, and beneath the lower Witnesses:

FRANCIS C. PENNIE, vEDWARD M. CoNRoY.

